Pie-tin.



No. 883,296. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

' PIE TIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1900.

amen doc Um TED STATES ETHEL OTIS COOK, OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA,

PIE-rm.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 31, 1908.

Application filed August 27, 1906. Serial No. 382,269.

have invented certain new and usefullnn.

provemcnts in Pic-Tins; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use-thesalnc.

This invention relates to improvements in pie plates or tins, and consists llLl'dlG novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical device of this character, in which a pie or the like may be baked in plurality of sections, so that it will not be necessary to cut the pie and therewill be no loss of the contents of the sections or slices.

when they are remove-d.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character with means whereby the pie may be more quickly made.

' A still further object is to'provide a device of this character, in which the bottom crust and especially the sides of the sections. or sectors of the pie will be more thoroughly baked.

The above and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is bet ter understood, are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the im roved pie plate, showing the crim ing ring t ereon and partly broken away; 1 igs-2 and 3 are vertical transverse sectional views taken, respectively, on the planes indicated by the lines 2?. and 33 in Fi ..l, the crimpin ring being omitted; and Tig. 4 is a detai perspective view of a portion of the crimpin ring.

eferring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the pie plate or tin, here shown as circular in form and divided into six sections by vertically-extending, radial partitions 2 formed by upbent corrugations 1n the plate bottom. It will be understood, however, that the plate may be of any shape and divided into any number of sections. The partitions 2, which radiate from the center of the plate, are of V-shape in cross section, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that spaces 3 are formed between their upwardly converging walls to permit of the passage of heat therethrough and thus insure the thorough or'lip 6.

baking of the pie crust. The rim of the an 1 has an upwardly and outwardly exten ing portion 4, a horizontallylaterally-extending portion 5, and a vertically extending flange The flange or'lip 6 has its u per edge in the plane of the upper edges 0 the partitions 2, so that after the crustshave een placed upon the pan, as hereinafter de scribed, a rollmg pin may be passed over the top of the pie plate to press the two crusts together and unite them, and divide the pie into a number of pieces or sections.

In order to crimp the edge of the pie and quickly and evenly unite the edges of the two crusts, 1 referably em loy in connection with the p ate, a removab This ring may be of any desired shape according to the manner in which it is desired to eriin' the-pie, but as here shown, it is provide with radially-extendin corrugations. It is referably the same Wi th as the horizontal portion 5 of the plate rim, and its outer diameter is slightly less than that of the upright edge or portion 6 of said rim, so that it will fit within. the same and upon the portion 5, as shown in Fig. 1 and may be pressed 1e crimping ring 7 r grnnr OFFICE.

down on the edges of the crusts to clamp them between it and thefiange 5, whereby said edges'are held together.

In using this pie plate, the bottom crust 1s first placed upon the top of the plate, the filling is then placed in the several sections, and the top crust then placed upon the filling. A ro ling pin is then passed over the top crust, so that the crusts and filling will be forced into the sections of the late, the two crusts being first pinched toget or around the edges of each of the sections, and finally severed'to divide the pie into a plurality of sectors or pieces. The crimping ring '7 may then be placed in the position shown in Fig. 1- and pressed downwardly to crim the outer edges of the sections of t 6 ie. his rim may be left upon the pie whii e it is being baked, if desired.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing an of the advantages of the invention, as de ned by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

A pie baking plate composed of sheet metal marginal rim, said plate having a plurality of integral vertically disposed radiating partitions upstruck from said bottom and subdividing the plate into a series of sector-shaped compartments, the partitions being of inverted V-shape in cross-section, presenting sharpened upper edges and having their lower sides open to perrmt free circulation of heat upward through-the partitions, said rim-being provided with a horizontal outturned marginal flange disposed in a plane below that of the upper edges of the partitions and having a continuous, vertically uprising marginal lip having lts upper edge in a plane flush with that of the upper edges of the partitions, and 15 nesses;

ETHEL OTIS CQOK. Witnesses:

O. H. BESSENT, WM. SYNNorT. 

